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16 April 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr075

Location

Mudiyah District, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية مودية
A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants in Qarn Amarim village, Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, on the evening of April 16th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Some social media sources reported (for example @Demolinari) that a strike had taken place against militants travelling in a car in…

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16 April 2017
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15 April 2017

Incident Code

CI640

Location

Rayhana, Al Anbar, Iraq
ريحانة
Two local sources reported that nine civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly hit Rayhana village near Anah, in Anbar province. The exact number of wounded was not determined. Yaqein placed the village 210 km west of Ramadi.

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15 April 2017
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15 April 2017

Incident Code

CI641

Location

Mosul, Bab-Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
باب سنجار
Local residents told the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights that 42 members of the well-known family of Ghanim Sobhiya died after an airstrike hit their 16-room house in Bab-Sinjar neighbourhood in the old part of Mosul, at dawn on April 15th. Sources reported that the family of Ghanim’s brother had also gathered in the house.…

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15 April 2017
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15 April 2017

Incident Code

CI642

Location

Mosul, Isilah Zeraei / Agragarian Reform, Nineveh, Iraq
الإصلاح الزراعي
Local sources reported that at least eight civilians died after two missiles consecutively hit a two-floor house in Isilah Zeraei neighbourhood in West Mosul. Sources reported a similar incident hours earlier in the same neighbourhood, with casualty numbers so far unknown. Alsharqiya news noted that the two missiles were launched after an ISIL combatant sat…

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15 April 2017
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15 April 2017

Incident Code

CI643

Location

Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
حي التنك
One civilian was injured following an airstrike that destroyed his family home, according to the eyewitness. Amnesty International shared the following field report with Airwars, citing an eyewitness: “I’m a simple ‘free worker’ from the same area in Hai Tenak. My friends and I make a living buying and selling car parts. I left on…

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15 April 2017
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Incident Date

15 April 2017

Incident Code

CS694

Location

Mazra'at Yarub, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة يعرب
Five civilians from the same family died and two others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit homes in the village of Mazra’at Yarub, according to local sources which all blamed the Coalition. According to Smart News, “Five civilians from one family were killed in most likely coalition air strike on a village…

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15 April 2017
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15 April 2017

Incident Code

CS695

Location

Sukariya, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
السكرية
Between six and 17 civilians died and dozens more were injured in an airstrike on Sukariya area, according to local media. While most sources blamed the Coalition, one alleged that the Iraqi air force was responsible. @ALAMAWI and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights were among sources that reported the death of a family of…

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15 April 2017
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CS696

Location

near Abu Kamal, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوكمال

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15 April 2017
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Incident Date

15 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2120

Location

Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
One adult-male civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. The Smart News Agency reported "warplanes that are likely to be Russian launched  raids on the towns of Ma'arat al-Nu'man, Jisr al-Shughur, Kafr Nabal, Bara, Kafr Safra, and al-Barajithi villages, resulting in injuries."  

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15 April 2017
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14 April 2017

Incident Code

CS693

Location

Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria
حمرة غانم
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians "as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in…

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14 April 2017
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14 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2116

Location

Sokhna, Homs, Syria
السخنة
An unspecified number of civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Sokhna, according to two local sources. 2baddiyy tweeted: "The Russian occupation aircraft targeted the city of Sokhna northeast of the city of # Palmyra with several raids causing the destruction of civilian homes and injuring a number of people." Step also reported that an…

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14–15 April, 2017

Incident Code

USSOM070

Location

Wargaduud and El Adde, Gedo, Somalia
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Somali security officials and residents as claiming that over 100 al Shabaab fighters, including 20 commanders, were killed in US air strikes on the morning of April 15th. The attack was denied by US Africa Command, which said the US military had not conducted the action. In an explicit statement…

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15 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2117

Location

Akeirabat, Hama, Syria
عقيربات
The Step News Agency reported: "Russian warplanes launched two raids targeting the vicinity of Akeirabat  in the eastern Hama countryside, resulting in civilian casualties." According to the Smart News Agency, "Three civilians, including a woman, were wounded by artillery shelling of the town of Aqrabat".

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2118

Location

various locations, Idlib, Syria
According to the Step News Agency, "Russian air raids, some of them with phosphorous bombs targeted the towns of Khan_shikhun, #Tremala, #Kafarsgana, and #Serja, south of Idlib, with reports of casualties." No further details are currently available.

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

LC068

Location

Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya
درنة الفتايح
The LNA reportedly bombed in the Al-Fatayih neighbourhood in Derna near the Faculty of Agriculture, resulting in the death of one six-month-old child. According to Libya Al Khabar, “A child from the eastern Libyan city of Derna died on Friday [April 14th] after falling into a coma after an airstrike close to his family’s home”. Libya…

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

CS691

Location

Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
هنيدة
Local media reported that two civilians died and a third was wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. According to @Newsjorf, the Coalition carried out raids on the grain silos area of Hunaida. Rasd-Sy also mentioned ‘mutual artillery exchanges’ between ISIL and SADF ground forces – though it was unclear whether this specifically refered…

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

CS692

Location

Mushirfa, Raqqa, Syria
مشيرفة
Five civilians died and eight more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mushirfa, according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition.

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

CI638

Location

Mosul, Ras Al Jadda, Nineveh, Iraq
رأس الجادة
Two local sources reported that seven civilians from one family died when an airstrike or bombardment hit their house in Ras Al Jadda neighbourhood in the old part of Mosul. The victims were named by MNN and Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) as: Wa’ed Ali Saleh al-Sharifi, his wife, sons Ali and Nashwan, his daughter…

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2119

Location

Basra al Sham, Daraa, Syria
بصرة الشام
Local media named one adult male as killed in an airstrike on Basra al Sham. Only the Violations Documentation Centre identified Russia as the culprit; the other two sources didn't apportion blame.

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

14 April 2017

Incident Code

CI639

Location

Tel Kheimeh near Badoosh, Nineveh, Iraq
تل خيمة
In a major alleged incident, two interviewees reported that up to 55 civilians died in an Iraqi or Coalition airstrike and ground-based machine gun fire as they attempted to flee ISIS control. The following unpublished field report was shared by Amnesty International with Airwars: “Interviewee 1: ‘I’m from Tel Kheimeh, a small village, around one…

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14 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2113

Location

Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
معرة التعمان
One or two civilians died and several others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, according to sources on the ground. Step News Agency reported that "two civilians were killed and several wounded as a result of two Russian air raids on residential areas in the town of Ma'ra al-Nu'man in rural Idlib." Other…

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13 April 2017
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13 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2115

Location

Sukariya and Muhmil, Idlib, Syria
السكرية و محميل
Four or five civilians, reportedly from the same family, died in an airstrike on Sukariya and Muhmil in rural Idlib, according to local media. All but one source blamed Russia. Syria Mirror: reported: "Russian warplanes launched several air strikes with rocket-propelled grenades at communities in the village of Sukariya in the eastern countryside of the city…

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13 April 2017
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13 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2114

Location

Merat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
مراط
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded by an alleged Russian airstrike "by napalm bombs" on Merat, according to local media. No further details are currently available.

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

CI636

Location

Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
حي التنك
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an incident near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED engaging Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when a group of fleeing civilians…

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

CS688

Location

Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
حطلة
The state news agency Sana reported the death of ‘hundreds of people’ in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hatla. The Coalition said they were not responsible. However in its own published reports for that day the Coalition did later confirm three strikes in the province. According to Sana: “The General Command of the Army and…

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

CS689

Location

Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria
الخاتونية
Local sources reported the death of three civilians following an alleged Coalition drone or air strike on a fire engine which was passing along the road between Al Jazara and Khatouniya. The local news agency reported: “A local source told the Smart correspondent on Thursday that three civilian workers were killed in an air strike…

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

CS690

Location

Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة‎
Two men were killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their motorcycle in Tabaqa, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser reported that the incident occurred “on the main street south of the church roundabout". The combatant status of the victims was not made clear in any of the reports.

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

13 April 2017

Incident Code

CI637

Location

Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Multiple local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes as well as raids carried out by Iraqi government forces led to the deaths of dozens of civilians, and left up to 181 people injured. The airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in West Mosul on April 13th and 14th. Entably Mumen (Facebook page) reported that Abu Yusuf was among…

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13 April 2017
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Incident Date

12 April 2017

Incident Code

CS685

Location

Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
معدان
Two civilians died and five were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ma’adan, according to local media. According to Micro Syria, “seven civilians were killed and wounded by a bombardment of warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition”. Al Araby, which also pointed towards the Coalition said that “two civilians were killed and five…

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12 April 2017
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Incident Date

12 April 2017

Incident Code

CS686

Location

Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
هنيدة
According to Smart News Agency and Microsyriua four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. There is no further information presently available.

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12 April 2017
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